The Irish standard., 1887-08-13
A FEW PRESS ODDITIES.

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A GEORGIA man who was intending to
plant mul berry tree, thought so intently
| Of the matter that he arose in a somnamb bu-
| lisuc state one night and performed the
| operation.
| SOME time since lightning struck a cir
| Gus tent in which were a number OF white
men and negroes. The negroes were all
| killed by the shock but not a single white
/ man was injured.
| IT is said that the skins of twenty-seven
thousand sheep and goats have been used
| In manu- featuring covers Tor the three
| hundred and twelve thousand sets of Cen
eral Grants books that have been sold.
| EXPLOSIVE water is the latest discovery
in the South. A short time since Wades-
borough, N. c., man drew bucket OF
we'll water which, after standing few
moments, exploded with great violence
bursting the bucket
| A r1vE-DoLLAR green back appeared IN
the till OF a Michigan bank the other Gay
| bearing the following inscription: "Here
she goes-save your salary-lon't gamble
| never play faro bank-the last OF a fort
une Of $l0,O 600.
! AN instance is related in a German pa
! per Of the detection OF specimen OF the
thread worm, peculiar to fowls, in fresh
egg. Although cases on record of this
! kind are very few, it would seem that
/ there is some risk to human health and
! longevity in indulging i'll raw eggs.
The sea occupies three -fifths of the sur
face of the earth. AT the depth of about
| $500 feet waves are not felt. The tempera
ture is the same, varying only triae from
! the ce Of the pole to the burning sun OF
| the equator. A mile down the water has
| pressure Of over a ton to the square inch.
| OFF the north shore of Lake Superior is
! a curious inland known as the "Flowcr
| Pot" Il is mammoth oss-covered rock
! rising FROM the lake, full of dangerous
| crevices in which several persons are said
! to have been lost. The islanl has an
abundance Of wild game. but such are the
| dangers attendant upon its capture that
! none save an occasional Indian ventures III
| pursuit.
| A GEORGIA correspondent Of a scientific
| paper describes the manner in which a
snake goes up tree. On being approached,
| and being unable to retreat the snake rose
| up nearly on to the tip OF it's tail and DART
(! el iuIo the lower branches Of a small tree
under which it had paused. Having gained
| the tree it main taiued it's position by lateral
| pressure ana not by coiling itself about the
! bran ches.
| TuE singing sands ct the South Pacific
| islands are a source Of pleasur;ible wonder
! n,ens to ali who have h "a all opportunity
Of observing the peculiar phen omena.
| While travelling the arid sands Il person is
! prone to pause beneath an occasional CO.
| coanut tree, ana While resting there they
are greeted by a faint musical tlnkling
which, as they listen, increases in volume.
| The meodious sounds proceed from the
| finty sands as they are moved by the wind.
/, In the State Of California grow great
many eucalyptus trees which have a very
acrid taste. lately a we'll near which
/ grew one Of these trees began to acquire a
| bitter taste in it, water. AS the We'll was
cenlert lined throughout the owner was at
| loss to account for the change, until,
upon nvestigatlou, he foun.! thatth water
| was affected by the tree, some twenty Il vc
! feet away. The roots Of the tree had
| found an entrance to the we'll by means Of
| a. small knot. mole in a wooden conductor
! pipe, and had filled up the bottom and thus
| tainted the water:
| TIE habits Of bats, while difficult to
| study, are most nteves ting. Generally one
nr two are produced at q birth, the young
| clinying to either male or female. AMI one
at least being carried about in the air.
There IS good authority for believing that
the female not only cares for its young,
but is elabied to provi,ie it with milk from
its i1ectoraR# mil h. glands. The little bats
cling t., the parents in various ways The
| male OF one spcci ss has Il nursing pouch,
III which it holds them, SO relieving the
moth II, aud sometimes while the mother
! holds the young the male places himself
before her SO that they are perfectly
screened and protected.
IS the Eastern seas from Ceylon 80
Japan, there abounds Il little fish, belong
ing to the genus Chtsoaon. which secures
its prey by means OF an instrument like
the blow-pipe used by boys for projecting
as and putty. The nose Of this fish is a
sort of bealz, through which it has the
| power Of prope,ling q drop OF water with
force enough TO bring down o fly. It's aim
is very accurate, aud it rarely misses its
object. The unsuspectins victim sits on a
Weed or tuft'of grass near the water; the
fish cautiously approaches, stealthily pro
jects it's tube from the Water, takes q sure
| am. aud lets fly, when down drops the in'
sect, tc be swallowed by it's captor